IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,626,984
Granted Patent B2
US 10,626,984 · App. 16/250,336 · Granted Apr 21, 2020

Transmission control system

Inventors: Harald Stehle (Tettnang, DE); Günther Maier (Meckenbeuren, DE); Christian Villing (Friedrichshafen, DE)
Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
F16H61/061F16H59/46F16H61/68F16H2059/462
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Patent No.
US 10,626,984
App. No.
16/250,336
Granted
Apr 21, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A gearbox ( 100 ) includes an input shaft ( 105 ), which is connected to a drive source, and a first and a second proportionally controllable shift element (A-F). A method ( 200 ) for open-loop control of the gearbox ( 100 ) includes: determining ( 210 ) an absolute torque demand ( 330 ) on the drive source on the basis of a profile controlled by way of an open-loop system ( 340 ) and a profile controlled by way of a closed-loop system ( 345 ); determining ( 220 ) whether the absolute torque demand ( 330 ) threatens to exceed a predetermined threshold value ( 335 ); and, in response, reducing ( 225 ) the portion controlled by way of the closed-loop system ( 345 ).

Claims (16)

1. A method ( 200 ) for open-loop control of a gearbox ( 100 ) that includes an input shaft ( 105 ) connected to a drive source, a first proportionally controllable shift element (A-F) and a second proportionally controllable shift element (A-F), the method ( 200 ) comprising:

determining ( 210 ) an absolute torque demand ( 330 ) on the drive source on the basis of a profile controlled by way of an open-loop system ( 340 ) and a profile controlled by way of a closed-loop system ( 345 );

determining ( 220 ) whether the absolute torque demand ( 330 ) threatens to exceed a predetermined threshold value ( 335 ); and

when the absolute torque demand ( 330 ) threatens to exceed the predetermined threshold value ( 335 ), reducing ( 225 ) the portion of the absolute torque demand ( 330 ) controlled by way of the closed-loop system ( 345 ).

2. The method ( 200 ) of claim 1 , wherein the threshold value ( 335 ) is determined with a characteristic map.

3. The method ( 200 ) of claim 1 , wherein the threshold value ( 335 ) is determined by the drive source.

4. The method ( 200 ) of claim 1 , wherein the reducing ( 225 ) starts when a difference between the absolute torque demand ( 330 ) and the predetermined threshold value ( 335 ) falls below a first predetermined threshold value, and the reducing ( 225 ) terminates when the difference exceeds a second predetermined threshold value, the second threshold value being greater than the first threshold value.

5. The method ( 200 ) of claim 1 , further comprising engaging the second shift element (A-F) when the input shaft ( 105 ) reaches a predetermined rotational speed.

6. A device ( 125 ) for open-loop control of a gearbox ( 100 ) that includes an input shaft ( 105 ) connected to a drive source, a first proportionally controllable shift element (A-F) and a second proportionally controllable shift element (A-F), the device ( 125 ) comprising:

an interface for connection to the drive source;

a processing unit ( 125 ); and

a memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processing unit ( 125 ), cause the processing unit ( 125 ) to perform operations comprising

determining an absolute torque demand ( 330 ) on the drive source on the basis of a profile controlled by way of an open-loop system ( 340 ) and a profile controlled by way of a closed-loop system ( 345 ),

determining whether the absolute torque demand ( 330 ) threatens to exceed a predetermined threshold value ( 335 ), and

when the absolute torque demand ( 330 ) threatens to exceed the predetermined threshold value ( 335 ), reducing the portion of the absolute torque demand ( 330 ) controlled by way of the closed-loop system ( 345 ).

7. The device ( 125 ) of claim 6 , further comprising an actuator for engaging the second shift element (A-F) when the input shaft ( 105 ) reaches a predetermined rotational speed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 18, 2019
From: STEHLE, HARALD; MAIER, GUNTHER; VILLING, CHRISTIAN
To: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
Reel/Frame 048060/0519 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2018 200 774 · Jan 18, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190219160A1 · Jul 18, 2019